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Friday, April 06, 2007

纽交所要员称萨班斯法案将很快修改 降上市成本

鲸吞泛欧交易所之后,纽交所派出了罗琳女士来京阐述纽交所的理想。

这位纽交所———现在应该叫纽约-泛欧交易所集团———全球企业客户部执行副总裁此行的重要任务之一,恐怕还是为了应对竞争对手纳斯达克的高调中国之旅。
两天前,纳斯达克在北京举行了敲钟仪式,还推出了中国指数。另外,矫枉过正的萨班斯法案,也令纽交所的上市成本大大高过竞争对手

全文链接
http://business.sohu.com/20070406/n249238648.shtml

梦幻般的天空

今天的天气实在是太完美了。少见的风和日丽,难得的漂亮的北京的春天。

漂亮的蓝天白云真的只能用梦幻般来形容。

虽然还有很多工作要做,不能拿起单反相机去记录下这幻境。我还是顺便用手机拍摄了一些照片,也算是各慰藉吧。










数与诗的后现代对话——前国立清华大学校长刘炯朗教授在微软亚洲研究院的演讲


Harry 强烈推荐的Speech
照片大部分是我照的哦 呵呵~ 虽然照的不算好....
左边照片为演讲前作介绍时嘉宾席
从左至右分别是
Harry Shum : Managing Director of MSRA
刘炯朗 : 前国立清华大学校长
Wei-Ying Ma : Manager of WSM Group MSRA
Xiaoou Tang : Manager of VC Gruop MSRA
下面是Speech的一个摘要记录,以下摘要全文转载自
数与诗的后现代对话 ——前国立清华大学校长刘炯朗教授在微软亚洲研究院的演讲

你曾经在数学里品读出诗歌的意蕴么? 你曾经在诗歌中解读出数字的神秘么? 一个是科学王国的宝剑,一个是文学殿堂的瑰宝;一个张扬着理性的威严,一个释放着感性的激情。面对如此遥不可及的数与诗,你的确很难想象这两者之间的联系。前国立清华大学校长刘炯朗教授在前不久举行的“科技与人文”演讲系列中,趣味迭生地为我们揭开了“数里有诗,诗里有数”的奥秘。

数里有诗:诗歌是感性的数学
刘炯朗教授虽然满头银丝,但是跟年轻人一样,仍然对事物充满着新鲜的好奇,也正是源于这种对真妙的向往,让刘教授看出了数学背后的诗意。一开始,他用生活化的例子切入数学概念,在开场时就提出一个有趣问题:32块2*1大小的骨牌填充一块8*8格面积的棋盘,会有多少种可能?这就连古希腊数学家阿基米德也碰到类似疑惑——为14个不规则形状的图案寻找排出一个正方形的几种可能而大伤脑筋。

离散数学中的“列举”理论在刘炯朗教授的思维中竟然和古典诗词摩擦出火花。你曾经读过康熙的《一字诗》么?“一蓑一笠一扁舟,一丈竿头一只钩,一水一拍似一唱,一翁独钓一江秋”;你还曾读过徐志摩的《沪杭车中》么?“一卷烟,一片山,几点云影;一道水,一条桥,一支橹声;一林松,一丛竹,红叶纷纷 ”。这些诗人为我们“一一”点数出美好景致中的种种事物,这种细致的罗列与数学中的“列举”有了异曲同工之妙。

“落花人独立,微雨燕双飞”,刘教授饶有兴致地给我们吟起了唐代诗人翁宏的诗句,它充分体现了中国古典诗词的美:形式整饬且音韵和谐。对联句,更是一种体现对仗工整,平仄协调的独特艺术形式。对联的特点是既要有“对”,又要有“联”。形式上成双成对,彼此相“对”;上下文的内容相互照应,紧密联系。而大家耳熟能详的“对称”则是数学矩阵、等量等公理中的重要概念。点、线、面之间的对称组合,就如同平仄、词性、词义之间的对仗关系,丝丝入扣。接着,刘教授信手拈来另一个对联“上海自来水来自海上,中山归隐客隐归山中”,一下子把数学中的“对称”格式和诗歌中的“对仗”手法活灵活现地“对”起来了。
“如果你把“上海自来水来自海上,中山归隐客隐归山中”这上下联各自倒转回来念,会是怎样一个句子呢?”刘教授引导着场下的观众玩起了文字魔术。结果,当观众一个字一个字念过去的时候,发现自己竟被刘教授给“耍”了。上下联,不论是顺着念,还是逆着读,都依然是一模一样的那个句子。原来刘教授将“对称”法严格运用在了诗句的组织中,结果形成了语言艺术上的“回文”效果,这种回文修辞在英文中也常有发生,比如,”Able was I ere I saw Elba”等等。

从第一排骨牌的倒下,我们知道了其余多米诺骨牌的结局——那就是全部倒下。从“一叶知一秋”“一树一菩提”这些富有深意的诤言,我们知道了微小事物对大事件的通感和预知。数学上的感应,与诗歌中的感应,都让我们领略到了微观对宏观的折射力量。就像18世纪英国诗人威廉·布莱克在一首诗中所揭示的真理:”To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.” 这首诗的中文翻译或许很多人都熟悉:一花一世界,一沙一天国,君掌盛无边,刹那含永劫。刘教授在对这首诗境彻悟和感应的基础上,给出了自己的独到诠释:一沙窥尘世,一瓣证瑶台,双手持无量,刹那悟如来。

接着,刘教授又为观众演绎了数学中的递回公式与诗词“顶真格”的姻缘联系。递回公式中,序列的每一项被定义为前一项的函数,每相邻两项之间会存在重叠关系,如关系式dn=(n-1)dn-1+(n-1)dn-2. 这种上递下接的艺术特色在“顶真格”修辞中发挥得淋漓尽致。无论是白居易《长恨歌》中的“后宫佳丽三千人,三千宠爱在一身”,还是脍炙人口的“柳色青,柳色青青春满城,满城风雨烟光送,风雨烟光送远行,远行君向归山路……”,这些相似的美感诉求,让我们不由得感叹头尾蝉联的“顶真”句式原来与递回公式中的形式美是同此相通。

诗里有数: 数学是理性的诗歌
“这次第,怎一个愁字了得”,李清照的这句经典名句,虽然哀婉幽怨,但是却激发了刘教授无穷的灵感,他想帮助女诗人解答出“愁”字到底值几许?刘教授引诗据典,给观众吟起来许多有关“愁”的诗句。“只恐双溪舴艋舟,载不动许多愁”——“愁”能载舟;“一斛明珠万斛愁,关山漂泊腰肢细”——“愁”能斛量;“与尔同消万古愁”——“愁”能亘古。刘炯朗教授用“列举”法证明了“愁”的份量完全可以用时间和空间来衡量。于是,折回到李清照的《声声慢》那“愁”字感发的源头——“梧桐更兼细雨,到黄昏,点点滴滴”——这愁绪的来处也能看得清清楚楚。刘教授在此灵机一动,因这了不得的“愁”字引申出了一个数学结论:2>1. 再看这首词的开头,“寻寻觅觅,冷冷清清,凄凄惨惨戚戚”,反复齐整的叠字运用,让人深切地感受到了其愁愫的深重,那份量远远超越于一个“愁”字。于是,从这一点上不难看出, 2>1的数学结论也同样成立。
刘教授玩味了李清照的词之后,仍然意犹未尽,于是继续挑起了辛弃疾的词玩起来了更有趣的文字游戏。《丑奴儿》有一句经典诗句“而今识尽愁滋味,欲说还休,欲说害羞,却道天凉好个秋”。从偏旁结构而言,“秋”与“愁”这两字,前者正好是后者的一半。同时,结合诗义而言,就很自然地得出了1/2<1的结论。如此发散的思维和绝妙的联想,也只有像刘炯朗教授这样学识渊博的通达之人才能加以融会贯通了。>
数与诗的对话
数学:我的任务就是在普遍结果与特殊问题之间,在一个概念和另一个看似毫无关联但是却有联系的概念之间“拉关系”。
诗歌:我的目的就是把月与花、春与秋这些实质的景物,和喜与悲、爱与恨、有序与无序等情绪心态之间“拉关系”,并编织成优美动人的诗篇。
刘教授在整场演讲中虽然运用了看似“无中生有”的方法,但是却向我们妙趣横生地揭示了数学与诗歌在“拉关系”中的美感。其实归根究底,数学家和诗人的追求是一样的,都是为了美,并将不相关的事物联系起来并使之和谐。著名数学家丘成桐曾经说过:“数学是一门很有意义、很重要的科学,它除了有应用性的方面,还有文学性的方面。文学的最高境界,是美的境界。而数学具有着诗歌的内在气质,达到一定境界后,我们也能体会和享受到数学之美。”
无论是形象思维,还是逻辑思维;无论是诗人眼中,还是数学家眼中,他们所关照的客观世界都是美好的,人类的精神世界也是美好的。美是数学与诗歌的共同标准,也是这场数与诗的对话中最高亢的音符。

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Google谷歌 拼音输入法





Google今天推出了自己的中文拼音输入法

基于google强大的检索技术,将整个Internet作为训练样本。虽然这个idea已经被搜狗用过,并实现了搜狗输入法。但相信Google此举还是会改变中文输入法的市场格局了吧。

简单的测试,Google输入法尤其对一些网络常用词汇、常用人名等的识别效果尤其好。

比如 最强的 如 gongsui - 弓虽 ,还有大部分的人名字 包括日文人名 如著名声优演员等,动画名称以及动画人物名字也很多都有。一些外来词汇 如:御宅、萝莉控、御姐、残念、怨念、素晴、素敌这样的词都能直接识别。著名的诗词句子可以整句输入。

总之,还是强烈推荐试用一下的。

http://tools.google.com/pinyin/


Tuesday, April 03, 2007

世界十大公司

今天偶尔看了一下Global Fortune 500 2006
我不是搞经济金融的 所以 以下观点会存在问题,大家也请见谅。当然,数据是不会错的。

最大的电器相关的公司是排名11的 GE 美国通用电气
最大的电子器件公司是排名22的 Siemens西门子公司

最大的日用品公司是排名81的 P&G 宝洁公司

最大的计算机公司是排名29的 Intl. Business Machines IBM国际商用机器公司
最大的软件公司是排名140名的 Microsoft 微软公司

最大的娱乐公司是排名122的 Time Warner 时代华纳公司

最大的保险业公司是排名13的 ING Group (当然 Fortune 500是按照Revenues来排列的工业界会有优势)
最大的银行是排名14的 Citigroup
最大的中国公司 Sinopec 中国石化


这里是前十名的公司
这前十名的公司中 有5家是能源(石油)相关的企业 4家是汽车制造业 1家零售业
如果仅仅看前5名 有3家公司是能源产业,1家汽车制造业,1家零售业
看到世界最大的公司了吧 就是这些




No1:
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:EOX)
2005 rank: 3

http://www.exxonmobil.com

Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, headquartered in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, USA, is the largest publicly traded integrated oil and gas company in the world, formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. As of 2007 it is the largest company in the world (in market value) as ranked by the Forbes Global 2000; at $410.7 billion and the second largest company in the world (by revenue, after Wal-Mart Stores as ranked by the Fortune Global 500. It is the largest of the six oil "supermajors" with daily production of 6.5m boe (barrels of oil equivalent), contributing 3% of the world's oil and 2% of the world's energy.

As of 2007, Exxonmobil Corporation ranks as the seventh largest company in the world overall, according to the Forbes Global 2000.

艾克森美孚是全世界第一大型石油企业,其总部设于德克萨斯州。该公司前身分别为艾克森和美孚,于1999年11月30日合并重组。该公司也是艾克森、美孚及埃索全球分公司的母公司。此外,艾克森美孚与蚬壳、BP(英国石油)及Total(道达尔)同为全球最大的石油公司之一。现时公司的行政总裁为李雷蒙。

No2.
Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT)

2005 rank: 1
http://www.walmartstores.com

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation, and is currently the world's largest retailer and the largest corporation. It was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is the largest private employer in the United States (US) and Mexico. Wal-Mart is the largest grocery retailer in the United States, with an estimated 20% of the retail grocery and consumables business, and the largest toy seller in the United States, with an estimated 45% of the retail toy business, having surpassed Toys "R" Us in the late 1990s. As of March 8, 2007, revenue was $2.0 billion higher than the previous year's results, which is less than 1% growth.

沃尔玛(Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.)来自美国,是全球最大的公司(以营业额计算),属世界性的连锁企业。其控股人为沃尔顿家族。

沃尔玛主要涉足零售业。根据沃尔玛的财政报告,截止2005年1月31日的公司财政年度,总营业额为2852亿美元,净利润103亿美元,利润率为3.6%。如果把沃尔玛当作一个国家,它的收入在乌克兰与哥伦比亚之间,可以列为世界的第32位。沃尔玛也是世界上雇员最多的企业,全世界共有约170万雇员。同时也是美国、加拿大、墨西哥的雇员最多的企业。它在美国零售业占零售业总收入的8.9%。沃尔玛连续三年在美国《财富》杂志全球500强企业中名列前茅。

沃尔玛主要有沃尔玛购物广场、山姆会员商店、沃尔玛商店、沃尔玛社区店等四种形式。


No.3
Royal Dutch Shell (LSE: RDSA / RDSB)(NYSE: RDS.A / RDS.B)
2005 rank: 4
http://www.shell.com

Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company ("oil major") of Anglo Dutch origin. It is one of the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The company's head offices (also known as the "central offices") are in The Hague and London (Shell Centre).

The company's main business is the exploration for and the production, processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas). Shell also has a significant petrochemicals business (Shell Chemicals), and an embryonic renewable energy sector developing wind, hydrogen and solar power opportunities. Shell is incorporated in the UK with its corporate headquarters in The Hague, its tax residence is in the Netherlands, and its primary listings on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam (only "A" shares are part of the AEX index).

荷兰皇家壳牌集团(Royal Dutch Shell,又译蚬壳)是世界第二大石油公司,总部位于荷兰海牙。

荷兰皇家壳牌集团由荷兰皇家石油与英国的壳牌两家公司合并组成。荷兰皇家石油于1890年创立,并获得荷兰女王特别授权,因此被命名为荷兰皇家石油公司。为了与当时最大的石油公司,美国的标准石油竞争,1907年荷兰皇家石油与英国的壳牌运输贸易有限公司合并。


No.4
BP (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 )
2005 rank: 2
http://www.bp.com


BP plc originally British Petroleum, is a British energy company / multinational oil company ("oil major") with headquarters in London which is amongst the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies).

BP公司,原名不列颠石油公司,是一家能源、石油化工公司,总部设在英国伦敦。是世界六大石油公司之一。

No.5
General Motors (NYSE:GM)

2005 rank: 5
http://www.gm.com

General Motors Corporation, also known as GM or GMC, is the world's largest car manufacturer. Founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan, GM employs approximately 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. Their European headquarters is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2005, 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. Chevrolet outsold its oldest domestic rival Ford Motor Co. in 2005 for the first time in over 3 decades, closing at over a 700,000 unit sales gap.

通用汽车公司NYSE:GM 也就是广为人知的GM,是个总部设在美国的跨国汽车制造公司。旗下拥有别克、GMC、土星、凯迪拉克、大宇、雪佛兰、SAAB、欧宝、奥兹莫比尔等品牌。其中雪佛兰和GMC事业部制造卡车与载客用轿车。2004年将奥兹莫比尔品牌退休。还有一些其它的品牌,如ACDelco等等。通用汽车电动车事业部还生产电柴混合动力车。另外,他还参股铃木等日本汽车公司,菲亚特等意大利汽车公司,在俄罗斯也有合资公司。2003年在南非取得了delta(1997年就拥有其45%的股份)的全部股权,并成立了全资子公司-南非通用汽车公司。

No.6
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX)
2005 rank: 11
http://www.chevron.com

Chevron Corporation is one of the world's largest global energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, USA and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron is one of the world's six "supermajor" oil companies.

雪佛龙公司是一家世界级大型能源企业,总部设在美国加利福尼亚州,并在超过180个国家和地区开展石油和天然气的开采、生产,加工,运输和销售以及石油化工用品的生产销售等业务。雪佛龙公司是世界六大石油公司之一。

No.7
DaimlerChrysler (FWB: DCX, NYSE: DCX, TYO: 7663 )

2005 rank: 6
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com

DaimlerChrysler AG is a major automobile and truck manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Financial Services). The company also owns a major stake in aerospace group EADS.

DaimlerChrysler was formed in 1998 by the merger of Daimler-Benz (the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz) (Germany) and the Chrysler Corporation (USA). The transaction was announced on May 7, and took place on November 12.

The company produces cars and trucks under the brands Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, Smart, and Maybach, among others. The Chrysler Group (Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge) also provides its customers with parts and accessories marketed under the Mopar brand name.

戴姆勒-克莱斯勒公司实为两家汽车公司所并。1998年5月7日戴姆勒公司(即著名的Benz生产商)的总裁于尔根·施伦佩和克莱斯勒(Chyrsler)首席执行官罗伯特·伊同在伦敦宣布两家汽车生产商合并。由此戴姆勒-克莱斯勒公司成为全球第二大汽车生产商。


No.8
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM, TYO: 7203.T , LSE: TYT)
2005 rank: 7
http://www.toyota.co.jp

Toyota Motor Corporation (トヨタ自動車株式会社, Toyota Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha?), or Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's second largest automaker making automobiles, trucks, buses, robots and providing financial services through its division Toyota Financial Services. Based in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, the company boasted a total vehicle production of 9.018 million vehicles in 2006. It is the world's eighth largest company by revenue of $179 billion as of 2006. Toyota is the world's most profitable automaker with net income of $11 billion on year 2006. The company is part of Toyota Group and is its largest.

The company was founded in 1933 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. It created its first product Type A engine in 1934 and its first passenger car in 1936.

丰田汽车公司,是一家总部设在日本爱知县丰田市的汽车工业制造公司。
日本通称“トヨタ”(日本的电视台、电台等纷纷从2005年7月起由本来的“トヨタ自动车”改为这个称呼),英语标记为“TOYOTA”。至于海内外华人通常都称之为“丰田”,在丰田集团内简写为“TMC”。现任主席是渡边捷昭(生于1942年2月13日,日本三重县四日市,庆应义塾大学经济学系出身)。


No.9
Ford Motor(NYSE:F)
2005 rank: 8
http://www.ford.com

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's third largest automaker based on vehicle sales. In 2005, Ford produced about 6.82 million automobiles, and employed about 300,000 employees at 108 plants and facilities worldwide. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated in 1903. Ford now encompasses many global brands, including Lincoln and Mercury of the US, Jaguar, and Land Rover of the UK, and Volvo of Sweden. Ford also owns a one-third controlling interest in Mazda. Ford also recently purchased the Rover name (which is no longer in use) to keep others from using it to capitalize on Land Rover.

福特汽车公司(是一间生产汽车的跨国企业,于美国密歇根州迪尔伯恩(现公司总部所在地)由亨利·福特﹝Henry Ford﹞所创立,在1903年公司化。在其20世纪如日中天的时候,福特、通用与克莱斯勒被认为是底特律的三大汽车生产商。这三家公司统治着美国汽车市场。然而日本丰田公司的收入在2004年时开始超过福特。即使如此,福特公司依然是世界上收入排名前十的企业。

No.10
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP)
2005 rank: 12
http://www.conocophillips.com

ConocoPhillips is an international energy company with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. It was founded by the merger of Conoco Inc. and the Phillips Petroleum Company on August 30, 2002. Headquarters are based in Houston, Texas in the United States, and Calgary, Alberta in Canada. It is one of the six "supermajor" vertically integrated oil companies.

康菲石油公司是一家大型能源企业,总部设在美国休斯敦。ConocoPhillips公司(COP)的前身为Phillips石油公司,2002年8月由Conoco Inc. 和Phillips石油公司合并而成。该公司是一家国际性的综合性能源公司,业务遍及世界49个国家。公司有四个核心业务:石油的勘探,生产,精炼,销售和运输;天然气的采集,生产和销售;化工和塑料制品生产以及通过拥有50%股权的Chevron Phillips Chemical Company公司进行分销。


2006年被排挤出Top10的曾经霸主

No.11
General Electric (NYSE: GE)

2005 rank: 9
http://www.ge.com

The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational American technology and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York.. In terms of market capitalization, G.E. is the world's second largest company. In the 1960s, aspects of U.S. tax laws and accounting practices led to a rise in the assembly of conglomerates. GE, which was a conglomerate long before the term was coined, is arguably the most successful organization of this type.

通用电气公司(General Electric Company,GE,NYSE:GE),或又称为奇异,并曾一度在台湾以通用电子之名称设立子公司,是世界上最大的提供技术和服务业务的跨国公司。据2007年统计,GE是世界上拥有市场资产第二多的公司,并且在过去4年销售收入一直位于世界第一或第二。2003年,GE公司的销售收入是1342亿美元。


No.12
Total (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT)

2005 rank: 10
http://www.total.com

Total S.A. is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. It is one of the six oil "supermajors" in existence today.

道达尔(Total)是一家总部位于巴黎的法国石油公司,其经营范围涵盖了整个石油和天然气的产业链,从原油和天然气的开采到发电、运输、精炼、石油产品销售以及国际原油及产品交易。道达尔是目前世界六大石油公司之一。

The 50 Best Tech Products

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130207-page,1-c,technology/article.html



From breakthrough hardware to time-honored software, we salute those amazing products that changed technology--and our lives--forever.

Christopher Null, PC World




1. Netscape Navigator (1994)
2. Apple II (1977)
3. TiVo HDR110 (1999)
4. Napster (1999)
5. Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS (1983)
6. Apple iPod (2001)
7. Hayes Smartmodem (1981)
8. Motorola StarTAC (1996)
9. WordPerfect 5.1 (1989)
10. Tetris (1985)
11. Adobe Photoshop 3.0 (1994)
12. IBM ThinkPad 700C (1992)
13. Atari VCS/2600 (1977)
14. Apple Macintosh Plus (1986)
15. RIM BlackBerry 857 (2000)
16. 3dfx Voodoo3 (1999)
17. Canon Digital Elph S100 (2000)
18. Palm Pilot 1000 (1996)
19. id Software Doom (1993)
20. Microsoft Windows 95 (1995)
21. Apple iTunes 4 (2003)
22. Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
23. Iomega Zip Drive (1994)
24. Spybot Search & Destroy (2000)
25. Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)
26. CompuServe (1982)
27. Blizzard World of Warcraft (2004)
28. Aldus PageMaker (1985)
29. HP LaserJet 4L (1993)
30. Apple Mac OS X (2001)
31. Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)
32. Eudora (1988)
33. Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
34. Apple Airport Base Station (1999)
35. Brøderbund The Print Shop (1984)
36. McAfee VirusScan (1990)
37. Commodore Amiga 1000 (1985)
38. ChipSoft TurboTax (1985)
39. Mirabilis ICQ (1996)
40. Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 (1992)
41. Apple HyperCard (1987)
42. Epson MX-80 (1980)
43. Central Point Software PC Tools (1985)
44. Canon EOS Digital Rebel (2003)
45. Red Hat Linux (1994)
46. Adaptec Easy CD Creator (1996)
47. PC-Talk (1982)
48. Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
49. Microsoft Excel (1985)
50. Northgate OmniKey Ultra (1987)

Newbie's Guide to Flickr

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9703620-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware

Traditional Advertising Gets Boost in 3D Google Earth


If your business has already made an investment in marketing via its building signage, you could reap some unexpected marketing rewards thanks to Google Earth. When someone takes the trouble of modeling your building in 3D, you want to make sure they also implement a phototexture of your signage. The example seen here is of a Ross clothing store and a Best Buy near Denver, Colorado. You can see these buildings with Google Earth 4 by turning on the "3D Buildings" layer. These buildings are in the Google 3DWarehouse so they got picked up and put in the layer.

Google joins race to buy DoubleClick: report

from John Battelles's Blog
he says
" Google might buy DoubleClick after all. But...why? Oh wait, now I know. To push Microsoft to spend even more for it. If Google buys DoubleClick, I'll eat this post."

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. has emerged with Microsoft Corp. as a contender to buy online advertising company DoubleClick Inc., according to a media report Monday.
The competition between Google and Microsoft is likely to drive up DoubleClick's price beyond $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported in ins online edition, citing unnamed people familiar with the situation. See Wall Street Journal story (subscription required).
DoubleClick acts as a middleman between advertisers and ad agencies and online publishers, according to the report. The New York company's Internet-based systems let advertisers deliver ads to Web sites and serve up ads for publishers when consumers view their Web pages, The Journal said.
Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL online unit also have talked to DoubleClick which is majority-owned by San Francisco private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman though it is unclear whether AOL is still in the race, The Journal said.
The bidding is part of a bigger battle as four of the biggest Internet players vie for the lucrative business of brokering online advertisements, according to The Journal, and the contest reflects concern about the increasing power of Google. AOL, is one of DoubleClick's biggest customers and Time Warner's interest in DoubleClick is partly founded on protecting that relationship, The Journal said.
Google and Microsoft spokesmen declined comment, a Yahoo spokeswoman couldn't be reached and a spokeswoman for DoubleClick said she had no immediate comment, The Journal said.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Paper被搞了

4月1日 SIGGRAPH出结果了
偶们的项目非常不幸地,在这场硝烟弥漫的战争中光荣的成为分母。
不过,正如Harry大人说的,经历这个过程能够真正的体会一个High quality research project的方方面面,能学到的东西远远不是Paper中不中的问题了。
以这样一个项目作为开端,相信今后一定会做出更细致更好的研究吧